Chapter 197: The Best Relative
Shaohua, who didn't know why, was taken back to the small courtyard by Yan Kaizhi, and saw that he settled her in a hurry and let people have a snack. After tossing all night, after getting up, he was in a hurry to greet Mrs. Yan, and Shaohua almost forgot that he hadn't eaten yet. Looking at the table full of snacks, she opened her belly, and the chopsticks in her hand did not pause. A bun in two bites, Yan Kaiyi was secretly frightened, and hurriedly poured tea for her, for fear that she would choke.
"Do you eat like this at home?" Sure enough, after holding up a few buns, Shaohua felt a little stuck in his throat and drank water desperately. Yan Kaizhi got up to help give her a good breath, so that she swallowed what was in her mouth.
"I've never been so hungry at home on weekdays." As soon as Shaohua said it himself, he felt that something was wrong, and he blushed and hurriedly buried his head in drinking water.
Yan Kaizhi hadn't thought about it so much, but seeing her shyness, the corners of her mouth were raised, and she didn't pierce her disguise.
Probably really hungry, the two swept away the breakfast full of breakfast, and Shaohua also burped not very elegantly. Compared with Shaohua's casualness and openness, Yan Kaizhi is much more elegant, from the eating mannerisms and actions, people can't associate him with being a military general, but Shaohua is much more arrogant.
His eyes swept to the chuckle of the maid next to him, and Shao Hua realized the difference between the two, looked at him with some disdain, and said sourly: "Why are you so twisted when you eat as a big man." ”
Yan Kai almost squirted out a sip of tea, his eyes fell on the fine crumbs at the corner of her mouth, he reached out to wipe it away for her, and smiled and teased: "I didn't expect you to be so bold when you are a lady from a scholarly family, I have to go back and ask my mother-in-law how she taught a lady like you." ”
didn't expect Yan Kaizhi to refute, Shaohua was embarrassed and pouted, "I don't usually eat like this, but I'm just hungry today." As he spoke, he swept away his maliciously smiling expression, "Aren't you hungry?" ”
Yan Kaizhi nodded, agreeing with her words, but a smile entered his eyes, "I'm also hungry, but I often enter the palace, and there are not many opportunities to eat as generously as you." Seeing that she was annoyed and angry, she picked up her pink fist, and Yan Kaizhi decisively changed the topic. Take her up and walk to the study, leaving an empty tray for the maids to clean up.
"You don't want to ask, why didn't A-Niang let us see them?" Yan Kaizhi's words successfully made Shaohua forget what had just happened, and looked at him with a nod like garlic, like a studious child. Yan Kaizhi pulled her to his side and sat down, sighing faintly, as if he was a little reluctant to mention it. "It starts with my relatives."
"Actually, my current identity is especially gracious to the second master." This is also one of the reasons why Yan Kaizhi has always been reluctant to inherit his father's title, he is still too young, and he does not have many merits, and the bigger the official title, the greater the risk. "My grandfather's family is not prominent, but A-Niang and the current Queen Mother are cousins. At that time, my grandmother was frail, and my grandfather did not marry newly, so he guarded A-Niang's daughter. My aunt and grandmother took pity on A-Niang alone, so she always let A-Niang play with her own mother-in-law, so A-Niang often grew up in the Queen Mother's house when she was a child. ”
This is the first time Shaohua has learned about the situation of Yan Kai's family, and when she heard the queen mother's house, she exclaimed slightly: "Isn't that in Pingzhou?" ”
Yan Kaizhi smiled at her and praised her, "That's right, it's the He family." ”
Regarding the situation of the Yan family, Shaohua can be said to only know the skin, and was once teased by Xin Zixuan that she likes someone just because of his sassy and heroic appearance, saying that her love can't last long. Maybe it was anger, or maybe that scene was so deeply imprinted in her memory that just remembering that scene was enough for her to keep waiting.
She knew him because of Yan Su's tragic death, but because of this, the news of the Yan family seemed to be cut off by an invisible hand, and even if she pestered her father, she never got a complete and positive reply. can only know from some rumors that Yan Su is a loyal and patriotic man, and he hears the unanimous praise in the mouths of others, which is Yan Kaizhi's father's style.
Seeing that he was deep in thought, Shaohua asked softly, "I heard that the senior official used to be a general under the He family?" ”
Yan Kaizhi was surprised by Shaohua's understanding of his father, and nodded and replied, "That's right!" When the queen mother married into the second prince's mansion, for the sake of A-Niang, she deliberately asked the first emperor, that is, the second prince at that time, to give her father an errand in the capital, and completed a marriage. ”
No wonder Mrs. Yan and Empress Dowager He have such a good relationship, it turns out that it is not just because of her aunt and cousin, "So, the Empress Dowager is still their celebrity?!" ”
Regarding the mention of the old things, Yan Kaizhi's smile was no longer brisk, just a little faint, "It's like this, but my grandfather refused to let A-Niang marry at the beginning." Because my grandfather is such a daughter as A-Niang, and my father is from a poor family, I feel that I can't afford A-Niang. ”
Shaohua clapped his hands and suddenly realized, "So the Queen Mother asked the first emperor to promote the big officials so that their marriage could be fulfilled." The first emperor saw that the official was loyal and down-to-earth, and he was a usable talent, so he was relieved to let him out. In order to repay the kindness of the encounter, the senior official personally brought out a Yan family army and guarded a city. But because the emperor is far away, he has merit and people's hearts, so he was remembered by the villain, so he was set a trap and falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy! Oh my God, isn't this what happened to Han Shin? ”
Yan Kaizhi listened to her mouth like a river, catchy, only a piece of shocking wood, a book case, just like a storyteller under the overpass. He suddenly laughed, and the depression in his heart was swept away, "Where did you hear the version?" "It's true.
Shaohua saw him smiling, and his heart was also sweet, shaking his hand and asking, "Say it quickly, is what I just said right?" ”
Yan Kaizhi thought for a while and nodded reluctantly, "Almost, because my father himself is from a soldier, so he has his own set of methods for both generals and soldiers." "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, Yan Su does not need to win the world, but it is enough to be loved by the people of Lingjing." You must have heard about the aftermath. ”
Shaohua nodded, and then it was time for her to meet him. "But what does this have to do with my aunt?"
The brows that were finally relaxed immediately rose again, Yan Kaizhi looked a little displeased, "Daddy only depends on his aunt for his life, before entering Beijing, my aunt has promised to have relatives, and when she saw her father enter Beijing, she quit her marriage and followed her into Beijing, and then the family chased her into Beijing to scold her father for not believing his words." ”
A woman has three obedience and four virtues, following her father at home, her husband when she marries, and her husband following her son when she dies. Because Yan Su's parents died early, it was naturally Yan Su who arranged family affairs for the eldest sister. It's just that Aunt Yan saw her younger brother enter Beijing, and she didn't want to marry a rural husband, so she secretly followed her younger brother to the capital, and told Yan Su that she had been wronged in her in-law's house. And when her mother-in-law's family came to hold her accountable, Yan Su was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma, and Aunt Yan refused to go back with her husband's family. In the end, Mrs. Yan came forward to help solve the problem, negotiated for her husband's family to write a letter of reconciliation and divorce, and gave a lot of silver taels to calm down the turmoil.
But Aunt Yan has followed Yan Su and his wife to live in Beijing since then, and for the first time she saw the prosperity of the capital, Aunt Yan was a little confused. Mrs. Yan asked someone to tell Aunt Yan about her marriage, but when she heard that she had been divorced, serious big families were unwilling to marry her, but Aunt Yan, who had a slightly worse family background, looked down on her. After two years, Mrs. Yan was pregnant, and Aunt Yan was still eating and drinking at her brother's house.
At that time, the income of the Yan family was not very rich, but Aunt Yan was a generous master, and she made a group of official families in Beijing. In order to climb the relationship, he will always come to ask for money with his brother and daughter-in-law, and he does not look like a lady to be married at all. Mrs. Yan is pregnant with Liujia, and while taking care of the housework, she also has to help subsidize the family, and her life is quite comfortable, and she doesn't want this aunt to disturb her happy life. I finally heard her say that she introduced a Lang Jun to her group of handkerchiefs, who was also the catcher in the Jingzhao Mansion Yali, and the younger brother of Aunt Langzhong of the Ministry of Works.
Mrs. Yan was glad that she finally sent this big Buddha out of the door, but she didn't expect Aunt Yan to ask her for a dowry. Mrs. Yan was so angry that she slammed the table, she was the only daughter in the family, and her father naturally did everything he could to add makeup to her, for fear that he would not be able to take care of anything. Mrs. Yan is naturally reluctant to spend money, for the sake of her husband's official career and for the sake of her future children, she is frugal after passing the door. I didn't expect this aunt to eat and drink for so many years, and finally went out, and wanted to be greedy for her dowry.
Seeing that Mrs. Yan refused to give it, Aunt Yan immediately played the bitter card, saying that she and her younger brother depended on each other, and she brought the eldest brother with feces and urine since she was a child, but she didn't expect the daughter-in-law he married to be so unkind. Mrs. Yan was so angry that she thought that when Aunt Yan ran away from marriage, she still took the money to persuade her husband's family to leave, but she didn't expect to be bitten back.
Knowing that her younger siblings refused to nod, Aunt Yan was stunned and lost her temper, and when the Qi family came to propose marriage, she said that Mrs. Yan refused to let her marry and forced her to work at home.
Aunt Yan teamed up with those so-called handkerchiefs, and Mrs. Yan was extremely angry, but one accidentally stepped on an empty foot, and the eight-month-old child was gone. When everyone saw her sitting on the ground and wailing, her body was red, and she immediately fell into a tree and scattered, and all of them scattered. Aunt Yan didn't expect it to be like this, so she fled in fright, and no one called for help. A kind passer-by helped her get up and called her a doctor, until Yan Su came home, and the child could not be saved.
Yan Su was also angry at her sister's behavior, but she couldn't be found left and right. When he couldn't find anyone for three whole days, Yan Su was angry, but he couldn't help but be a little worried, after all, he was his only relative.
Mrs. Yan lay on the bed, watched her husband fidget, and said to him: "Go to her and tell her that I will give her dowry, and you are not allowed to set foot in my house again!" ”
Yan Su was frightened by his wife's words, but he also understood her feelings, nodded and comforted her, and then turned around and went out.
What Yan Su didn't expect was that Aunt Yan had stayed in Qi's house for the past three days, and when he found her, Aunt Yan and Qi Jiu had become husband and wife. He was so angry that he almost wanted to break off this friendship, if it weren't for Aunt Yan's stubbornly hugging his feet and kowtowing to make amends, Yan Su would have turned around and gone home a long time ago.
At this point, Yan Su said that no matter how much he said, it would be in vain, so he had to arrange Aunt Yan's marriage, and he made up fifty taels for her as a dowry, and returned his wife's dowry to her.